[ICOM] HT on airline question

[John Geiger]

So I couldn't take a spare LiON battery with my HT?

73 John AF5CC

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 8:36 PM, D. Jones <djoneses at verizon.net> wrote:

> If the battery in installed in or connected to a device, it is OK.  You
> can't transport a loose Li-ion battery.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com>
> Date: 05/24/2016  9:16 PM  (GMT-05:00)
> To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>, Oklahoma - DX news and
> information <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ICOM] HT on airline question
>
> I am getting ready to fly tomorrow, and the on-line check in for the
> airline says you cannot transport lithium batteries in your checked or
> carry on luggage. If that is so, can I still take my HT with me, since it
> uses lithium ion batteries?  And doesn't everyone's laptop and cell phones
> use lithium batteries?  How do they get around this?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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